Vehicle
US-9030164-B2 · May 12, 2015 · US
Abnormality informing automotive vehicle
US10183585B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-10183585-B2 |
| Application number | US-201715648910-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jul 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | Aug 8, 2016 |
| Publication date | Jan 22, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2019 |
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An automotive vehicle on which a motor for traveling, a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and a charging system configured to charge the battery, are installed. The automotive vehicle includes an abnormality informing unit configured to immediately inform occurrence of an abnormality regarding the charging system when the abnormality is detected, on a condition that the abnormality is a first abnormality that affects traveling, and inform occurrence of an abnormality when a next trip is started, on a condition that the abnormality is a second abnormality that does not affect traveling.
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What is claimed is: 1. An automotive vehicle comprising: a motor for traveling; a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor; a charging system configured to charge the battery; and an abnormality informing unit including a controller, the abnormality informing unit being configured to: determine whether an abnormality detected in a current trip is a first abnormality that regards the charging system and that affects traveling or a second abnormality that does not affect traveling; immediately inform occurrence of the detected abnormality when the detected abnormality is detected, on a condition that the detected abnormality is the first abnormality; and inform occurrence of the detected abnormality when a next trip is started, the next trip following system startup after the current trip, on a condition that the detected abnormality is the second abnormality. 2. The automotive vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the abnormality informing unit is configured to: i) inform occurrence of an abnormality that affects traveling when the detected abnormality is the first abnormality; and ii) inform occurrence of an abnormality regarding the charging system when the detected abnormality is the second abnormality. 3. The automotive vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein: the charging system includes a charger configured to charge the battery using electric power from an external power supply; and the abnormality that affects traveling includes at least one of a communication abnormality in the charging system and a malfunction of a connector configured to connect the charger with the external power supply in the charging system, and the abnormality that does not affect traveling includes an abnormality regarding a charging function of the charging system.
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by display · CPC title
Operations & Transport · mapped topic
by alarm · CPC title
Operations & Transport · mapped topic
- B60L3/0023Primary
Detecting, eliminating, remedying or compensating for drive train abnormalities, e.g. failures within the drive train · CPC title
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- What does patent US10183585B2 cover?
- An automotive vehicle on which a motor for traveling, a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and a charging system configured to charge the battery, are installed. The automotive vehicle includes an abnormality informing unit configured to immediately inform occurrence of an abnormality regarding the charging system when the abnormality is detected, on a condition that the …
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Toyota Motor Co Ltd, Fujitsu Ten Ltd
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B60L3/0023. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Jan 22 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).